Barkan Saeed

“Communicate formally, informally, in board meetings and in private meetings away from the board, collectively and individually.”
― William Kraut, The CEO and Board Member's Survival Guide: Strategic Governance For Small to Mid-Cap Entrepreneurial Organizations That Capitalizes on Opportunities and Minimizes Risk

“The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow.” Rupert Murdoch, CEO of 21st Century Fox”
― William Kraut, The CEO and Board Member's Survival Guide: Strategic Governance For Small to Mid-Cap Entrepreneurial Organizations That Capitalizes on Opportunities and Minimizes Risk

“Inventors in the United States were once again fortunate. During the nineteenth century there was a rapid expansion of financial intermediation and banking that was a crucial facilitator of the rapid growth and industrialization that the economy experienced. While in 1818 there were 338 banks in operation in the United States, with total assets of $160 million, by 1914 there were 27,864 banks, with total assets of $27.3 billion. Potential inventors in the United States had ready access to capital to start their businesses. Moreover, the intense competition among banks and financial institutions in the United States meant that this capital was available at fairly low interest rates.”
― Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

“Probably the most important characteristic is a commitment to help newer board members get their “sea legs.” It helps to have each new member assigned to a veteran board member who will provide the necessary early guidance.”
― William Kraut, The CEO and Board Member's Survival Guide: Strategic Governance For Small to Mid-Cap Entrepreneurial Organizations That Capitalizes on Opportunities and Minimizes Risk